5 batteries flown, 2 motors, 2 recoveries, the Polaris maiden Saga finally knew a happy end
Its a really good feeling when a scratched plane behaves like "on rails" finally trimmed that you can release the sticks for a second and watch it flyby !
The first substancial error occured when I ordered a Motor with half of the required KV for the Polaris Airframe, the first maiden went ok but there was no unlimited verticals and the plane flew in a speedrange where almost every change in the flight path needed trim corrections, a first attempt at vertical ended in a loss of power and a dive into the wet which looked like a cormoran fishing dive
the plane popped out of the water again but ended laying on it's pylon .... the abandoned recovery windsurf board at the flying spot almost forced me to a bath, the long winter added atleast 10 kilos of water to the foam weakening the hull's boyancy dramatically, very scary ! the missing fin added to the hassle of paddling in the cold water but the Polaris came back with almost no damage and flew again few minutes later.
After checking the effective data with the Watt's Up meter I had to admit my error and look for a better motorization.
Fortunately a club Buddy still had an unused Axi 2208/20 in his workshop, not exaclty 2200 KV but atleast 1750, so after cutting a "Service Door" into the right Pylon side I replaced the weak chinese A20-26M unable to furnish 10A with a 7x6 prop.
The first motor runups this
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